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Moncada better watch out , Ramos is coming.

Colas isn't a speed burner and against a LHP maybe don't be so aggressive but maybe he was told go on the 1st move.

Grifol wants to see mistakes. Colas needs to learn a lot at this level. Grifol needs to see things about his personnel if he is to utilize them in the best possible way.

2 outs need a decent secondary lead when the pitcher goes into the wind up and off with the crack of the bat. On the plus side both him and Grandal stinging the ball was good. Kind of surprised Smlyly didnt pitch around Grandal a little bit with the LHH Colas coming up.

There are clear and obvious reasons not to send him down also. If you have ever criticized the FO about not caring about winning and players know that's how this team operates and you have a manager that is trying his best to change that mentality the FO needs to send a message about supporting the manager's way of doing things. Also if you have ever criticized Eloy or Sheets defense in the OF and how Eloy increases his chance of injury every time he's out there along with the FO not caring about winning it's about time those things change and a little support from the FO would go a long way. This is not purely a business decision nor should it be. It would be a typical" the Sox are cheap and don't care about winning" move. Don't you think the fans are sick of that s%*# ?

I am not indifferent to putting the best team on the field. I'll wait to see how Colas does the rest of the spring , however, it sends the rest of the players the wrong message about a winning culture when you send the most qualified person down. If Pedro is serious about building a winning culture then I would suspect that he would be adamant about keeping Colas as the opening day starter and the FO sending him down would be in direct opposition to that culture to him and the rest of the team. If Colas struggles then the opportunity to get the extra year can be gained during the season can it not ?

What year would be the extra year ? 2029 when he's 30 ? Might help if they concentrated on winning now. People want to see him not Sheets, Reyes, Romy, Leury, Marisnick or Hamilton in the OF.

We don't see eye to eye on how Rodon sounds. Everything he said perhaps he deserved it and it motivated him and that he kind of manufactured the slights into making them real for extra motivation.

Jose Rodriquez GO, Hackenburg FO, Haseley K

Carlos Perez (Venezuela ) single , Lenyn Sosa (Venezuela) GiDP, Erick Gonzalez (DR) Lines out to2nd

I like how the MLB app and Game Day have Colombia as Colorado Rockies

Haseley GO, Remillard bunt GO, Reyes (Venezuela) Walk, Ramos (Cuba) Lines out to 3rd

Colombia single by Urshela and HR Viloria 2-0 in the top of the 1st. Sox coming to bat

Moncada and Robert went 1/10 in their loss to Italy with 4 K's. Moncada left 7 on base. Against the Netherlands Moncada 0/3 with a walk. Robert 1/4 double and 3 K Cuba 0-2. Moncada 0/8, Robert 2/10

Didnt hear if he said anything about him. My feed was bad and kept going out. Finally found a different feed that was great but by then he was not in the booth .

CJ Alexander LHH 8 for11 now, hits a bomb off of Avila . George Brett raved about him earlier in the broadcast. Of course Avila grooved him an 0-2 fastball.

I'm starting to wonder if Colas changed his approach with the coaches in the off season work to try to cut down on K's. I mean it's great he's getting a lot of hits and not striking out but haven't seen much power and a lot of ground balls. Hardly ever getting the ball in the air. It's like he was working with Menechino.

Your paid subscription ? because I cant find it anywhere on TV . On the MLB app it says I don't have access to it because I have no subscription Youtube ?

I was one of the biggest proponents of bringing him up last year. I wanted him to get used to RF at home and get a taste of MLB pitching just to be more prepared for this year. However last season sucked and I am not upset that he wasn't subjected to that suckfest. It would appear that at the time the plan might've been to gain the extra year. Despite the good performance so far in ST I wouldn't put it past the Sox to still send him down. Of course if they do not send him down at some point to gain the extra year then people will say that there was no reason not to bring him up last year when they could've used him when they were still close to Cleveland in the standings.

Sox win 5 - 2

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Jake Cousins replaces Hoby Milner. Erick Gonzalez GO Romy Gonzalez F shallow RF Colas GO 2nd base 5-1 after 6

Pitching Change: Davis Martin replaces Lopez. Defensive Switch Zach Remillard remains in the game as the first baseman. Jake Burger replaces first baseman Gavin Sheets, batting 5th, playing third base. Seby Zavala replaces catcher Yasmani Grandal, batting 4th, playing catcher. FO, Sharp GB liner hits Martin but he throws out Winker at 1st. GO